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The lifegrid method of collection retrospective information from people at older ages
- Authors:
- BERNEY Lee, BLANE David
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 21(2), 2003, pp.13-22.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Details the development of the lifegrid research method which has been adapted for use with older people. This research method has been shown to enhance long-term recall, is sensitive to the circumstances of individual subjects and modifiable to meet the research needs of different studies. The article shows how the method was informed by findings from a variety of academic disciplines. Illustrates use of the lifegrid method step by step and describes its application in several studies. Ends with suggested guidelines for using the lifegrid method when researching people with dementia.
Long-term improvements in cognitive performance through computer-assisted cognitive training: a pilot study in a residential home for older people
- Authors:
- GUNTHER V. K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 7(3), May 2003, pp.200-206.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of the present pilot study was to investigate the effects of computer-assisted cognitive training on aging-associated memory deficits, information processing speed, learning, and interference tendency in older people. Residents of a home for older people (15 women, four men; mean age 83.5; range 75-91) participated in a 14-week computer-assisted cognitive training programme. The Nurnberg Aging Inventory and the California Verbal Learning Test were administered prior to the programme, immediately after the program and after a period of five months to assess the effectiveness of the cognitive training. After the cognitive training programme there were significant improvements in primary working memory and also secondary working memory (for verbal and visual stimuli), on parameters of information processing speed, learning and interference tendency. Improvements in the last two cognitive parameters were maintained five months after completion of the training programme. The present study indicates that computerized cognitive training programs can be used in older people to achieve long-term improvements in some important aspects of fluid intelligence. It is suggested that computers could be employed more extensively to prevent and treat cognitive deficits in older people.
The forgetting
- Author:
- SHENK David
- Publisher:
- Flamingo
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 290p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
As lifespans continue to expand, dementia has reached epidemic proportions. Today Alzheimer's afflicts one in twenty over the age of sixty-five. There are currently around twelve million sufferers worldwide, and this number is rising fast. Poignant and hopeful this claims to be the first book to record the history and explain the future of this difficult disease.
Is the cooker turned off?: caring for an older person with failing memory
- Authors:
- WOOLF Josephine, WOOLF Michael
- Publisher:
- Gorselands
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 155p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxton
Written by the daughter and son who cared for a man when his memory was failing, this is a unique and in-depth chronicle of the experience from the perspective of the family. This journey not only incorporates insight into the process of memory and memory change as well as the thoughts and feelings of those with memory difficulties, it also acts as a practical guide, providing help and advice with strategies and approaches to understanding and coping with this experience. The book includes chapters on how memory changes, the difficulties that those with memory loss face, specific and detailed guidance on how to relate to a person with memory loss, using memory aids, personal care and looking after oneself as a carer.
Transmissive reminiscence therapy with college students and institutionalized senior adults
- Authors:
- TATCHELL Thomas, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 1(4), 2003, pp.35-51.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
The aims of this study were to determine the effectiveness of five sessions of one-on-one, transmissive reminiscence therapy (TRT) and to assess the effects of serving as a facilitator for TRT. Fifty-one undergraduate college students from the University of Toledo were trained to conduct five 45-minute sessions of TRT with institutionalized senior adults. A pretest/posttest control group design was employed in order to detect differential effects of the therapy. The impact of the therapy was measured using a survey instrument, the Short Form General Health Survey (SF-36). The impact of serving as a TRT facilitator was measured qualitatively via weekly journals and a final reflection paper. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Effects of reminiscence and life review on late-life depression: a meta-analysis
- Authors:
- BOHLMEIJER Ernst, SMIT Filip, CUIJPERS Pim
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(12), December 2003, pp.1088-1094.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of reminiscence and life review on late-life depression across different target groups and treatment modalities. Twenty controlled outcome studies were retrieved from Psychlit, Medline and Dissertation Abstracts. For each study a standardised effect size, d, was calculated and a random-effects meta-analysis was conducted. An overall effect size of 0.84 (95% Confidence Intervals (CI)=0.31-1.37) was found, indicating a statistically and clinically significant effect of reminiscence and life review on depressive symptomatology in elderly people. This effect is comparable to the effects commonly found for pharmacotherapy and psychological treatments. The effect was larger in subjects with elevated depressive symptomatology (d=1.23) as compared to other subjects (d=0.37). Other characteristics of the subjects or interventions were not found to be related to increased or decreased effect sizes. Reminiscence and life review are potentially effective treatments for depressive symptoms in the elderly and may thus offer a valuable alternative to psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy. Especially in non-institutionalised elderly people - who often have untreated depression - it may prove to be an effective, safe and acceptable form of treatment. Randomized trials with sufficient statistical power are necessary to confirm the results of this study.
Conceptualising time and behaviour in environmental gerontology: a pair of old issues deserving new thought
- Author:
- GOLANT Stephen M.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(5), October 2003, pp.638-648.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Architects, environmental designers, occupational therapists, and human service professionals are variously engaged in efforts to create settings for older persons that better fit their changing lifestyles and abilities. This theoretical article argues that to explain and predict more effectively the appropriateness of the settings occupied and used by their older occupants requires models and empirical inquiries that better conceptualize two areas of inquiry: (a) the temporal properties of environments and individuals and (b) the conceptualization of environmental behaviours or activities describing how individuals use, manipulate, or perform tasks in their settings. The types of constructs and relationships necessary for this inquiry are reviewed and their practical applications considered.
Patients and families desire a patient to be told the diagnosis of dementia: a survey by questionnaire on a Dutch memory clinic
- Authors:
- DAUTZENBERG Paul L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(9), September 2003, pp.777-779.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examined as to whether, both patients with subdued memory impairment and their accompanying relatives want a diagnosis of dementia or somatic disease disclosed to the referred patient. Fifty consecutive out-patients referred to a memory clinic and their accompanying relatives filled in a questionnaire regarding their views on telling the diagnosis to the patient in case of a somatic disease and in case of a dementia. Forty-six (92%) questionnaires were completed. All the patients and their accompanying relatives thought it was at least important that physicians should tell the patient their diagnosis in case of a somatic disease, and 96% of the patients, 100% of the spouse and 94% of the non-spouse accompanying relatives stated the same in case of a dementia. All the spouses and most of the accompanying relatives showed similar desires for a dementia or somatic diagnosis.
The reminiscence skills training handbook
- Author:
- RAINBOW Ann
- Publisher:
- Speechmark
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 180p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Bicester
This book provides background on reminiscence as well as training activities for professional and family carers and volunteers. The guide provides an accessible workbook for reminiscence skills training. With extensive information on reminiscence together with associated training activities, it is also aimed at trainers who wish to learn how to promote good practice in reminiscence work.
Negative symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: a confirmatory factor analysis
- Authors:
- DE JONGHE Jos F. M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(8), August 2003, pp.748-753.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Negative symptoms are a prominent clinical feature of Alzheimer's disease and they are related to memory impairment but not to mood disturbances. Methods employed in this research included Nurses' Behavioural observation scale for psychogeriatric inpatients (GIP). Global clinical ratings of severity of dementia and depression based on the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly-Dutch version (CAMDEX-N). A unidimensional model of dementia fitted the data poorly. Multidimensional models produced better results. In two- and three-factor models negative symptoms were separated from cognitive impairment and mood disturbances. The more severe the memory impairment, the more socially withdrawn patients were. In this sense negative symptoms may have been secondary to cognitive decline. However, no association was found between negative symptoms and mood disturbances.